List of the best Sidney Lumet movies: 12 Angry Men(1957), Network(1976), Dog Day Afternoon(1975), Fail-Safe(1964), The Hill(1965), The Verdict(1982), The Pawnbroker(1964), Serpico(1973), Before the Devil Knows You're Dead(2007), Murder on the Orient Express(1974), Equus(1977), The Fugitive Kind(1960) ... ...
9.0/10
Drama
USA
1957
95 Minutes
Director
Henry Fonda Lee J. Cobb Ed Begley E.G. Marshall Jack Klugman Martin Balsam John Fiedler Joseph Sweeney George Voskovec Robert Webber Jack Warden
architect coach businessperson juror judge lawyer tense emotional suspenseful courtroom murder court battles class distinctions justice underdog quest 1950s
A jury holdout attempts to prevent a miscarriage of justice by forcing his colleagues to reconsider the evidence.
8.1/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1976
121 Minutes
Director
Faye Dunaway Peter Finch William Holden Robert Duvall Beatrice Straight Wesley Addy Ned Beatty Arthur Burghardt Bill Burrows John Carpenter Jordan Charney
news reporter television producer terrorist emotional striking witty gutsy television studio new york city meaning of life ambition disillusionment fame television discovery transformation 1970s
A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit.
8.0/10
Gay & Lesbian, Crime, Drama
USA
1975
130 Minutes
Director
Al Pacino John Cazale Charles Durning Chris Sarandon Sully Boyar James Broderick Penelope Allen Carol Kane Marcia Jean Kurtz Amy Levitt Susan Peretz
bank robber detective wife lover fbi agent tense emotional witty bank new york city robbery love triangle quest escape forbidden love 1970s
Three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a bank. A nice simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does.
8.0/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1964
111 Minutes
Director
Henry Fonda Walter Matthau Dan O'Herlihy Sorrell Booke Larry Hagman Frank Overton Dom DeLuise
president pilot soldier soviet soldier chairman suspenseful bleak dark gripping moscow new york city washington, d.c. airplane cold war destruction technology military nuclear attack pursuit sacrifice
A technical malfunction sends American planes to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?
7.9/10
Drama
UK
1965
123 Minutes
Director
Sean Connery Harry Andrews Ian Bannen Alfred Lynch Ossie Davis Roy Kinnear Jack Watson Ian Hendry Michael Redgrave Norman Bird Neil McCallum
prisoner sergeant guard british soldiers bleak brutal intense prison camp africa libya desert following orders humiliation morality military prison rivalry discovery underdog fall
In a North African military prison during World War II, five new prisoners struggle to survive in the face of brutal punishment and sadistic guards.
7.7/10
Drama
USA
1982
122 Minutes
Director
Paul Newman Charlotte Rampling James Mason Jack Warden Milo O'Shea Ed Binns Julie Bovasso Lindsay Crouse Roxanne Hart James Handy
lawyer judge passionate raw law firm boston united states career judicial system underdog 1980s
A lawyer sees the chance to salvage his career and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling.
7.7/10
Drama
USA
1964
116 Minutes
Director
Rod Steiger Geraldine Fitzgerald Brock Peters Jaime Sanchez Thelma Oliver Marketa Kimbrell Baruch Lumet Juano Hernandez John McCurry Eusebia Cosme Warren Finnerty
survivor employee boss neighbor criminal bleak emotional brooding new york city germany pawn shop holocaust grief guilt anti-semitism world war ii survival fall discovery sacrifice
A Jewish pawnbroker, victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions.
7.7/10
Crime, Biography, Drama
Italy|USA
1973
129 Minutes
Director
Al Pacino John Randolph Jack Kehoe Biff McGuire Barbara Eda-Young Cornelia Sharpe Tony Roberts Allan Rich Norman Ornellas Edward Grover Gene Gross
police officer police chief criminal investigator gritty fiery dark raw suspenseful new york city police station street corruption crime culture clash honor police work pursuit sacrifice underdog
An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
7.3/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2007
116 Minutes
Director
Philip Seymour Hoffman Ethan Hawke Marisa Tomei Albert Finney Rosemary Harris Brian F. O'Byrne Amy Ryan Michael Shannon
brother father thief police officer mother cheater dark dense store hospital suburbia police station new york city robbery drugs heist infidelity money death temptation
When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that sends them, their father and one brother's wife hurtling towards a shattering climax.
7.3/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
1974
127 Minutes
Director
Albert Finney Lauren Bacall Martin Balsam Ingrid Bergman Jacqueline Bisset Jean-Pierre Cassel Sean Connery John Gielgud Wendy Hiller Anthony Perkins Vanessa Redgrave
detective millionaire aristocrat doctor conductor hercule poirot suspenseful uneasy train train station istanbul abduction murder deception mystery 1930s
In December 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
7.2/10
Drama
UK|USA
1977
138 Minutes
Director
Richard Burton Peter Firth Colin Blakely Joan Plowright Harry Andrews Eileen Atkins Jenny Agutter Kate Reid John Wyman Elva Mai Hoover Ken James
teenager psychiatrist mother father stableman dark emotional psychiatrist's office psychoanalysis religion repression violence discovery fall 1970s
A psychiatrist attempts to uncover a troubled stable boy's disturbing obsession with horses.
7.2/10
Drama
USA
1960
119 Minutes
Director
Marlon Brando Anna Magnani Joanne Woodward Maureen Stapleton Victor Jory R. G. Armstrong Emory Richardson Sally Gracie Lucille Benson John Baragrey Ben Yaffee
drifter sick person alcoholic housewife bleak emotional uneasy deep south general store small town new life adultery love triangle lust xenophobia forbidden love discovery rivalry 20th century
Valentine "Snakeskin" Xavier, a trouble-prone drifter trying to go straight, wanders into a small Mississippi town looking for a simple and honest life but finds himself embroiled with problem-filled women.
7.0/10
Drama
UK|USA
1973
112 Minutes
Director
Sean Connery Trevor Howard Vivien Merchant Ian Bannen Derek Newark John Hallam Peter Bowles Ronald Radd Anthony Sagar Howard Goorney Richard Moore
sergeant suspect wife lieutenant victim dark shocking england forest police station police brutality police work rape interrogation fall mystery 1970s
A burnt-out British police detective finally snaps whilst interrogating a suspected child molester.
6.8/10
Drama
France|Italy
1961
110 Minutes
Director
Raf Vallone Maureen Stapleton Jean Sorel Carol Lawrence Raymond Pellegrin Morris Carnovsky Harvey Lembeck Mickey Knox Vincent Gardenia
dockworker wife niece cousin italian americans gripping passionate tense new york city waterfront apartment brooklyn, n.y. forbidden love jealousy unrequited love forbidden love rivalry 1960s
Eddie Carbone, a Brooklyn longshoreman is unhappily married to Beatrice and unconsciously in love with Catherine, the niece that they have raised from childhood. Into his house come two ... See full summary »
6.8/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
UK
1966
107 Minutes
Director
James Mason Simone Signoret Maximilian Schell Harriet Andersson Harry Andrews Kenneth Haigh Roy Kinnear Corin Redgrave
secret agent inspector wife victim widow tense intricate london office household investigation murder suicide deception espionage mystery quest 1960s
A British agent sets out to uncover the hidden facts behind a British government employee's suicide.
6.4/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1971
98 Minutes
Director
Sean Connery Diane Cannon Martin Balsam Ralph Meeker Alan King Christopher Walken Val Avery Richard Williams Garrett Morris Stan Gottlieb Paul Benjamin
burglar ex-girlfriend mafia boss psychopath henchman gripping thrilling suspenseful crafty new york city apartment building crime surveillance robbery dangerous assignment fall temptation pursuit 1970s
After Duke Anderson is released from prison after ten years for taking the rap for a scion of a Mafia family, he cashes in a debt of honor with the mob to bankroll a caper.
6.0/10
Drama
USA
1972
100 Minutes
Director
James Mason Robert Preston Beau Bridges Ron Weyand Charles White David Rounds Kate Harrington Jamie Alexander Brian Chapin Bryant Fraser
gym instructor teacher priest rival student newcomer creepy tense suspenseful classroom gym boarding school feud school mob mentality new job hypocrisy suspicion mystery rivalry
At an exclusive boys' school, a new gym teacher is drawn into a feud between two older instructors, and he discovers that everything at the school is not quite as staid, tranquil and harmless as it seems.
6.0/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1986
102 Minutes
Director
Jane Fonda Jeff Bridges Raul Julia Diane Salinger Richard Foronjy Geoffrey Scott James "Gypsy" Haake Kathleen Wilhoite Don Hood Fran Bennett Michael Flanagan
actress ex-cop hairdresser socialite husband chilling suspenseful dark los angeles apartment murder wrongfully accused memory loss alcoholism unlikely allies escape mystery 1980s
A washed up, alcoholic actress who is prone to blackouts wakes up next to a murdered man. Did she kill him and, if not, is she in danger?
6.0/10
Drama
USA
1957
95 Minutes
Director
Henry Fonda Susan Strasberg Joan Greenwood Herbert Marshall Christopher Plummer Daniel Ocko Pat Harrington Frank Campanella John Fiedler Pat Englund Jack Weston
actress playwright producer rival airy tender stage new york city sardi's restaurant broadway theater fame aspirations theater unrequited love love transformation rise 1950s
A young woman arrives in New York City determined to become a great theatrical star, but discovers that her goal may not be as easily attainable as she had hoped.
5.7/10
Comedy, Drama
USA
1968
94 Minutes
Director
George Segal Jack Warden Joseph Wiseman Jessica Walter Phyllis Newman Sorrell Booke Zohra Lampert Anthony Holland Susan Wyler Lieb Lensky Alan King
writer poet book critic intellectual widow cab driver witty offbeat gritty emotional manhattan, n.y. greenwich village brooklyn, n.y. synagogue cemetery death friendship jewish culture grief aging
Four Jewish intellectuals carpool to the funeral of their old friend Leslie Braverman, who died suddenly at age 41.
5.7/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1993
107 Minutes
Director
Rebecca De Mornay Don Johnson Stephen Lang Jack Warden Dana Ivey Ron White Norma Dell'Agnese Sean McCann Luis Guzman
lawyer murderer womanizer client thrilling suspenseful courtroom deception murder case investigation discovery mystery 1990s
A female lawyer takes an accused wife-murderer as a client, but finds herself morally compelled to betray him one way or another.
5.6/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1992
110 Minutes
Director
Melanie Griffith Eric Thal John Pankow Tracy Pollan Lee Richardson Mia Sara Jamey Sheridan Jake Weber
Emily, a tough NYPD cop, is sent to an orthodox Jewish community to investigate a missing person plus $720,000 in missing diamonds. To solve what becomes a murder case, she has to join the community.
5.5/10
Musical, Kids & Family
USA
1978
133 Minutes
Director
Diana Ross Michael Jackson Richard Pryor Nipsey Russell Ted Ross Mabel King Theresa Merritt Thelma Carpenter Lena Horne Carlton Johnson
teacher wizard scarecrow witch lion tin man charming spectacular oz harlem, n.y. household emerald city journey singing fantasy world returning home courage search adventure discovery
An adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz" that tries to capture the essence of the African-American experience.
5.5/10
Drama
USA
1969
100 Minutes
Director
Omar Sharif Anouk Aimée Lotte Lenya Fausto Tozzi Ennio Balbo Didi Perego
The lawyer Federico Fendi has reasons to believe that his wife Carla in secret is Rome's highest paid prostitute.
Drama
1969
108 Minutes
Director
James Coburn Lynn Redgrave Robert Hooks Perry Hayes Reggie King
A Southern floozy (Lynn Redgrave) shuttles between her dying husband (James Coburn) and his half brother (Robert Hooks).
Documentary
1970
153 Minutes
Director
activist politician actor wife inspiring profound alabama tennessee washington, d.c. chicago memphis, tenn. martin luther king jr. civil rights racism aspirations assassination social change underdog rise fall
The tribute features newsreel clips of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., from 1955 to 1968, including his "I Have a Dream" speech.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
1966
150 Minutes
Director
Candice Bergen Joan Hackett Elizabeth Hartman Shirley Knight Joanna Pettet Mary Robin Redd Jessica Walter Kathleen Widdoes James Broderick James Congdon Larry Hagman
writer doctor wife lesbian activist melodramatic brash engaging college new york city europe cemetery friendship competition marriage social standing suicide drinking discovery quest
Lakey (Candice Bergen), Dottie (Joan Hackett), Priss (Elizabeth Hartman) and other class of '33 women go their own ways.
Drama
2004
88 Minutes
Director
Glenn Close Maggie Gyllenhaal Estelle Parsons Austin Pendleton Thomas Guiry Ken Leung Jim Gaffigan Bruno Lastra
Drama
1983
129 Minutes
Director
Timothy Hutton Mandy Patinkin Lindsay Crouse Ed Asner Ellen Barkin Julie Bovasso
A '60s graduate student (Timothy Hutton) recalls his parents (Mandy Patinkin, Lindsay Crouse), executed in the '50s for selling atomic secrets.
Crime, Drama
1999
108 Minutes
Director
Sharon Stone Jean-Luke Figueroa Jeremy Northam Cathy Moriarty George C. Scott Mike Starr Barry McEvoy Don Billett Jerry Dean Tony DiBenedetto Teddy Atlas
ex-convict young boy gangster ex-boyfriend friend sister emotional thrilling new york city airport bus motel pharmacy on the run starting over murder crime police corruption money transformation
A street-toughened woman (Sharon Stone) goes on the run with a 7-year-old boy (Jean-Luke Figueroa) whose parents were killed by mobsters.
Drama
1939
79 Minutes
Joey Rogers
Sylvia Sidney Leif Erickson Myron McCormick Hiram Sherman Sidney Lumet Muriel Hutchison Horace Sinclair
An old-money heir (Leif Erickson) falls in love with a girl (Sylvia Sidney) from one of the New York tenements he owns.
Biography, Documentary
2009
39 Minutes
John Cazale Steve Buscemi Francis Ford Coppola Robert De Niro Richard Dreyfuss Olympia Dukakis Gene Hackman Mark Harris Philip Seymour Hoffman Israel Horovitz Carol Kane
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